--- description: "I don’t think anybody knows quite yet" title: 'The Interview' Will Still Be Distributed, Sony Lawyer Says image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf63fc6bf70884cd8/69877060e53aba0d254d6b33/the-interview11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _The Interview_ Will Still Be Distributed, Sony Lawyer Says by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2014 10:23 PM CUT  James Franco and Seth Rogen in The Interview James Franco and Seth Rogen in The InterviewColumbia by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2014 10:23 PM CUT _The Interview_ will eventually be released — but Sony doesn’t know how just yet. Sony lawyer David Boies went on _Meet the Press_ Sunday morning to discuss Sony’s decision to pull the Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy out of theaters. “Sony has been fighting to get this picture distributed,” he said. “It will be distributed. How it’s going to be distributed, I don’t think anybody knows quite yet. But it’s going to be distributed.” Sony delayed the release of _The Interview,_ which was set to open Christmas day, as a result of threats from hackers. Although [Sony initially told EW](http://news-briefs.ew.com/2014/12/17/sony-the-interview-dvd-release/ "undefined") they have “no further release plans” for the film, [they later said](http://news-briefs.ew.com/2014/12/19/sony-responds-to-obamas-comments-says-it-had-no-choice/ "undefined") it is still their “hope that anyone who wants to see this movie will get the opportunity to do so.” However, according to CEO Michael Lynton, as of now, no major VOD distributor “is willing to distribute this movie.” [_This article originally appeared on EntertainmentWeekly.com_](http://news-briefs.ew.com/2014/12/21/sony-the-interview-distributed/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3643438/the-interview-sony-north-korea/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3643438/the-interview-sony-north-korea/"},"headline":"The Interview Will Still Be Distributed, Sony Lawyer Says","datePublished":"2014-12-21T22:23:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:02:47.821Z","description":"\"I don’t think anybody knows quite yet\"","url":"https://time.com/3643438/the-interview-sony-north-korea/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf63fc6bf70884cd8/69877060e53aba0d254d6b33/the-interview11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf63fc6bf70884cd8/69877060e53aba0d254d6b33/the-interview11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"James Franco and Seth Rogen","caption":"James Franco and Seth Rogen","creditText":"Columbia","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3643438/the-interview-sony-north-korea/","name":"The Interview Will Still Be Distributed, Sony Lawyer Says"}}]}] ```